Bumper attaching and supporting means



March 24, 1925.

W. E. DUNSTON BUMPER ATTACHING AND SUPPORTING MEANS Filed May 8. 1923 Patented Mar. 24, 1925 5P are WAYNE-:E. :"ntmsmon, tor mar nomfinioniean, -AS}SIGNO;R, JIEOITZTHE e. s-rrirne strmrnnioowmaw yaor nn'morm mromaan, A-COBPORA'11ION"QF @ELAWARE.

rnunr nn-wnmcmne afin surr on rrne To all whom itma-ycoaccrnp' B e it know'n"t'ha-tf I, D' N'sroN, a citizen 'ofthe Ul ll-ttls tfittes, residin 'gnt Detroit, in the county of ll ayne "and State of 'lilichigan, have invented certain new and useful improvement-inBumpe-r Attaching and 'Supporting Mean ,of cw following is a i fiilh'clea'r, "and exact: description, reference being ha-dto theaccompanying drawings.

This invention relates to automobile bumpers, and more particularly to the means for securing'tliesame, in efficient i'nanncr, to special types or makes of vehicle I frames. It is the general purpose and Ob. ject of the invention to provide means whereby the bumpers may be connected to and supported by such members in a par-.

ticularlye tl'ective manner. I accomplish the foregoing object in and through the construction and arrangement of parts shown in the accompanying drawings, wherein Fig. 1 represents a perspective view of the rear end of an automobile having my invention applied thereto; Fig. 2 a detail in plan of the rear end of the frame of such vehicle, showing my invention a-pplled thereto in connection wit-h a bumpemand Fig. 3 asectional detail corresponding to the line 3.3 of Fig. .2. I

Describing the various parts herein by reference characters, 1 represents the rear end of the. body of an automobile and 2 the rear end of one of the two channeled side frame members thereof, the said member being provided at its extreme end with a socket 3 for the reception of one end of a cross tube 4, which connects the said sidemember with a like member on the opposite side (not shown) and provides a transverse protection for, andat the rear of, the-tank 5. 4

For the purpose of supporting a bumper in an effective manner from the rear end of the frame of a vehicle of this type, the following construction is provided :-6 denotes an arm, preferably of spring-plate material, having at its rear or outer end an eye 7 which is adapted to receive a bolt 8 securing a clamp 9 thereto, the said clamp engaging the rear bar 10 of a bumper, the front bar of the bumper being indicated at 11. The rear end of the arm 6 is deflected downwardly, as indicated at 6-, in order to support the bumper at the proper vertical distance from the ground and in proper relation to the parts of the vehicle which itis designed to protect. J v

Intermediate the fiends or the arm 6 1 there is mounted an angularb-racket 12, havingiia horizontal inwardly extentling tl'a1i1g'e 13,- the vertical flange being-shown a-s *ri'vtd to the arm 6*see 141-. T he front or inner end f of the'arnrb is bent outwardlyyasshown atfti 'andth'en is exten'ded substai'itially parallel "with-the side=member 2, so "as to co m'e-beneath the bottom flangefithereot' -whenthe "rearor outerend'ofthe arm is at ri'ght "angles to A the cross member 1. Riveted or otherwise suitably secured to the front end of the arm 6 is a bracket, indicated generally at 15, and having a horizontal slot 15 therein. This slot is adapted to receive the lower flange 2 ot'the side member and to be secured to said flange by a set screw 16.

The arm extends rearwardly from the bracket beneath the cross member or tube'a and is suspended from said member by means of a U-shaped bolt 17, the lower ends of which project through the flange 13 and are provided with nuts 18.

The construction disclosed herein not only adapts the bumper supporting arms to convenient application to a frame such as shown herein, but enables the parts to which the supporting-arm is adapted to sustain the shocks and otherordinary incidents of use. I

Having thus described my invention, what I claim is: I

1'. A. bumper sup-porting arm having at one end means for supporting a bumper therefrom and having, at its opposite end, an attaching device adapted to be secured to one of the flanges of a side frame member, and means for suspending an intermediate portion of said arm from a vehicle cross member. a

2. A bumper supporting arm having at one end means for supporting a bumper therefrom and having, at its opposite end, a slotted bracket adapted to receive and be secured to one of the flanges of aside frame member, and means for suspending an intermediate portion of said arm from a vehicle of its ends a flange adapted to extend beneat-h a cross member, and a U-shaped bolt adapted to extend over said member and through the said flange.

4. A bumper supporting arm having at one end means for supporting a bumper therefrom and having, at its opposite end, means for securing the same to a side frame member, the said arm having, intermediate of its ends, a flange or projection adapted to extend beneath a cross member, and a U- shaped bolt adapted to extend over said member and through the said flange or projection.

5. The combination, with a side frame member having a flange and a cross member connected to the former member, of a bumper supporting arm having means for attaching a bumper to one end thereof, a horizontally extending flange or projection carried by said bumper intermediate of the ends thereof, means cooperating With said flange or projection for securing the same and the said arm to the cross member, a slotted clamping member carried by the opposite end of the said arm and adapted to be applied to a flange of the frame member, and a set screw cooperating with the slot of said member for securing the same to said flange.

6. The combination, with the flanged side frame member of a vehicle and a cross member connected to the said side frame member, of a bumper supporting arm having means at one end for supporting a bumpent-herefrom and having its opposite end bent out- Wardly to extend beneath a flange of the said frame member, the said end having an upwardly extending clamping member adapted to receive said flange and to be secured thereto, and means for suspending the intermediate portion of said arm from said cross member.

In testimony whereof, I hereunto affix my signature.

WAYNE E. DUNSTON. 

